Keystone XL and the big American rollback
Even back in August 2017, as U.S. President Donald Trump raged over Congress's failure to kill Obamacare, oil billionaires Charles and David Koch, must have been popping champagne.
View ArticleKoch brothers behind the curtain in American journalism scandal?
Let's be clear about how far into the gutter we've fallen: a self-styled "journalism" outlet, Project Veritas, was caught red-handed trying to discredit the news media by shamelessly posing as a victim...
View ArticleHere's what Hillary Clinton told Vancouver
I pull back the curtain on some of the wildest times in history. I talk about moments I’d like to forget like in a chapter called, "Those damn emails."
View ArticleWhat's in the Trump Doctrine?
U.S. President Donald Trump released his first National Security Strategy this week, emphasizing competition over co-operation and removing the fight against climate change from the list of U.S....
View ArticleChoirboy, jailbird, musician, philanthropist... meet the poet John Lefebvre
If John Lefebvre were a Medieval bard, he'd have stories to entertain crowds for years. Six-foot-one with flowing hair, the 66-year-old leans over a mug of steaming coffee like a Canadian version of...
View Article$25,000 by April 5. Ontario. Election. Climate. Please help us make our goal!
Full disclosure here: I am going to need your participation to power up National Observer. Please donate now and help us make our goal of raising $25,000 by April 5. An election is coming to Ontario...
View ArticleAre Canadians smarter than Americans when it comes to regulating guns?
The answer is yes. As an American, believe me, I know Americans are every bit as smart and well-intentioned as Canadians. But when it comes to gun regulation, it's just a fact that U.S. policymakers...
View ArticleThe political calculus of Rachel Notley, John Horgan and Justin Trudeau
As Bill McKibben told me recently, seated on Burnaby Mountain where we were sheltering in the shade of a Douglas fir on a blazingly hot May day, "Physics is remarkably disinterested in how the economy...
View ArticleOnline with President Trump (Kim Jong-un and Doug Ford)
It's been a crazy week in politics. Here's an analysis of influences and voices beyond borders, with National Observer's Editor-in-Chief.
View ArticleWe denounce Trump's ‘dirty war against the free press’
National Observer joins The Boston Globe and some 350 American newspapers publishing editorials today denouncing Trump's dangerous and demeaning war on the news media.
View ArticleWelcome to fiery B.C., Prime Minister. Why aren't you talking about climate?
"Wildfire smoke is so thick in Prince George, it looks like night, after the sun has risen." That's a quote from Global News. Evacuations, damaged health, Beijing-like fog, nightmarish infernos....
View ArticleDavid Eby slams Premier Christy Clark over political donation scandal
BC NDP MLA David Eby isn't alone in thinking that the province's ruling party, the BC Liberals, are banking on a constituency that is clueless about the influence of big gas and oil money in politics.
View ArticleEsther Shalev-Gerz talks with Linda Solomon Wood about climate change, trees...
A Paris-based artist on a Canadian island talks about her inspiration for an installation at UBC called "The Shadow.' The video was shot when the island was engulfed in smoke from British Columbia's...
View ArticleThe truth about facts
At a cocktail party in Toronto last month, a fund manager challenged me with the following question: 'Do you believe in objective truth?' It got me thinking about the state of the fact in our crazy,...
View ArticleFascism is a 'fresh opportunity' Seriously, CBC?
In response to Brazil's election of a wildly neo-fascist president, CBC News is glowing about new opportunities for Canadian mining companies in devastating the Amazon.
View ArticleOh, Canada, don't be smug. Fake news is a real and present threat
Recently, I was asked whether Canada is vulnerable to fake news. So I spent a lot of time over the next three months considering this question and reading about propaganda and misinformation. Here's...
View ArticleDoug Ford cuts to midwives' funding unacceptable
Is it just me, or are you also feeling like Doug Ford just lashed out at women when he slashed funding for the College of Midwives of Ontario?
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